Detective Comics

MEETING COWL TO COWL - Detective Comics 861/Batman and Robin 7 Bat crossovers aplenty this week, as Batman makes a guest appearance in Batwoman's "Detective Comics" and she returns the favor in "Batman and Robin." I could take this opportunity to make a reasoned analysis of the flaws and merits of each book...

With 2009 about to draw to a close, now seems like a good time to look back on a year of Wednesdays and remind myself of the reason I buy new comics every week. To remember that it's worth sifting through the piles of never-ending zombie comics, celebrity biography cash-ins and Barack Obama team-ups because every once in a while you find a great story with beautiful artwork...

ComicsAlliance's Chris Murphy reviews the biggest -- and best -- books coming out this week. STOP ME IF YOU KNOW HOW THIS ENDS - Captain America: Who Will Wield the Shield? If I learned anything from the holiday classic "Jingle All the Way," a movie which I have never actually seen, it is that the true meaning of Christmas is finding that one special gift that no one else can give be

ComicsAlliance's Best of 2009 list continues! (Back: #10-#5) #4 Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe (Oni Press), Bryan Lee O'Malley When we last saw our frequently hapless sort-of hero, Scott Pilgrim, he had shockingly started to get it together, just like the title of the last book promised...

ComicsAlliance's Chris Murphy reviews the biggest -- and best -- comic books hitting the shelves this week. BACK ON THE CASE - Powers 1 It's been two years since we last saw an issue of "Powers," the superhero police procedural from writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Avon Oeming...

If you're a regular comic book reader, you already know what I'm about to tell you: J.H. Williams III is amazing. The art that he's doing on "Detective Comics" will make your eyes drop out of their sockets and leave you scrambling to find them on the floor...

Ever since Kathy Kane made her comic book debut in the pages of DC's fill-in-the-gap year that was "52," fans have been beside themselves trying to figure out just where the heck she came from and why she'd donned the mantle of the bat. Well, according to DC's The Source blog, today is the day for fans to read up on the new Batwoman's secret origin in the pages of "Detective Comics&

ComicsAlliance's Chris Murphy reviews the biggest -- and best -- books coming out this week.SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THEIR REVENGE COLD -- Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size #1 I would generally consider myself to be a fan of Mark Millar...

Superheroes and sex are inextricably linked. Since the dawn of the superhero comic, the genre has been infused with a sexual suggestiveness that has grown and evolved over time. At first it was very "aw shucks" with its wholesome, preteen male power fantasies that played on every nerdy boy's desire to beat up the pretty girl's mean boyfriend and then...

Fictional murders and detective stories have become increasingly popular in comic books, yet at least one new comic is addressing a very real unsolved murder. In the upcoming comic "Amber Hagerman Deserves Justice," 14-year-old Jake Tinsley writes about a murder that captured the attention of the nation and spurred the creation of a new program to rescue abducted children...